似是而非

sì shì ér fēi
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

Child Words of 似是而非

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

而
ér

and

非
fēi

to not be; not

似
sì

to seem